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Andy White, early Beatles drummer, dies aged 85
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| 11/11/2015
Posted on 11/11/2015 12:52:58 PM PST by Borges
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To: dp0622
So many people have real talent and only so many are in the right place at the right time. I know a lot of ex musicians. :-)
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posted on
11/11/2015 1:42:06 PM PST
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
To: Genoa
“Not a fifth Beatle. Session work doesnât get you a band credit.”
Well, it did for Billy Preston, but he was the only session musician the Beatles actually credited on an album (for “Get Back”).
To: Georgia Girl 2
me too. i see one in the mirror every day :)
drummer since 6. learned guitar from the band members.
bunch of songs. some of them good.
that’s all long gone.
NEVER great. I wont lie. but good.
no where near the talent needed to make it,
but i had fun!!!
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posted on
11/11/2015 1:46:06 PM PST
by
dp0622
To: dp0622
“how does one get over being thisclose to being part of the most successful and famous rock band ever?”
Probably you just become a jazz musician, then you can look down your nose at the rock muscians and pretend you are better than them anyway!
To: dp0622
Like Wolfman in âThat Thing You Doâ
Don't know what it is about the movie and its music, but if I start watching, I can't turn it off.
Like the Beatles music, it's upbeat and always makes you feel good.
"Those werrrrrrrrrrre the days my friend ..."
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posted on
11/11/2015 1:47:50 PM PST
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: Buckeye McFrog
“Someone put a whole lot of thought and effort into producing songs that sound EXACTLY like they were recorded in 1964.”
Pretty sure Tom Hanks was the “someone”. He wrote the hit song himself and I think he was pretty involved in the whole soundtrack.
To: CGASMIA68
I used to walk to a dinner on the Berlin Turnpike(to young to drive) to play the flip of, PS: I Love You,Love love me Do.
Where on the Berlin Turnpike (In CT, I assume)? Would it be what is now known as the Olympia Diner? Nothing much else there that waas around back then, it's all fast food and chains like Ruth's Chris. The old Bates' style motels are still there.
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posted on
11/11/2015 1:53:37 PM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics)
To: Boogieman
Hanks wrote and directed the film but the song was written by Adam Schlesinger.
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posted on
11/11/2015 1:58:49 PM PST
by
Borges
To: Boogieman
LOL!! and probably drink heavily
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posted on
11/11/2015 2:03:42 PM PST
by
dp0622
To: Wally_Kalbacken
I was just reading the story of Donald Sutherlandâs contract for the film Animal House.
That sounds like Steve McQueen when he starred in The Blob. He was offered either 10% and some royalties or $5000 cash, a significant amount of $$$ in the late 50's for a struggling young actor. He decided to go for the 5 grand, figuring like most other sci-fi flicks at the time it was a low budget film that wouldn't be very popular for long. It's still a "cult classic" to this day. Eventually, by the time McQueen starred in Bullitt he more than made up financially for that blunder.
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posted on
11/11/2015 2:04:02 PM PST
by
Impala64ssa
(You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
To: oh8eleven
I LOVE THAT SONG.
and I’m a Guns N Roses and Led Zep fan.
it’s just the frigging catchiest tune lol.
plus fun and upbeat. i thought the drummer AND singer would go on to bigger things in movies. never happened.
of course the guitarist did. I forget his name. he’s funny.
Tyler’s daughter did a pretty good job too.
i love when he first starts the up tempo!
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posted on
11/11/2015 2:05:46 PM PST
by
dp0622
To: Borges
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posted on
11/11/2015 2:11:29 PM PST
by
zzwhale
To: Borges
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posted on
11/11/2015 2:11:30 PM PST
by
zzwhale
To: Borges
Reads like the guy who tossed away his lottery ticket in life.
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posted on
11/11/2015 2:13:04 PM PST
by
OrangeHoof
(SECEDE TEXAS!! If not now, when?)
To: Dr. Sivana
Probably Olympia.may have been Tinas back then.
I washed dishes at Matteres’s as a yout
To: Borges
Oh here we go again, Paul is dead, right. Almost got me with Lennon but then I realized no one would pump six into John and not one in yoko.
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posted on
11/11/2015 2:17:35 PM PST
by
longfellow
(Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
To: Borges
Ah you are right, Hanks did write songs for the album, but not that one! I could swear he claimed to have written that when he was on the Dennis Miller show one time.
To: zzwhale
Have anything intelligent to say?
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posted on
11/11/2015 2:29:39 PM PST
by
Borges
To: dp0622
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posted on
11/11/2015 2:37:51 PM PST
by
glorgau
To: longfellow
Yoko acquired the name 'Ono' the morning after the wedding. When they woke up she said 'I'm your new bride, Yoko'.
And John said....
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posted on
11/11/2015 2:40:11 PM PST
by
Ken H
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